Improvement in boot-jacks



C. HULL. BOOT-JACKS.

No. 195,712, Patented 0ct.2,1877.

WITNEEEEE VENTDR N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASNXNGTON, D C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES HULL, OF MOSELEY, NEAR BIRMINGHAM, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES L. OLIVER, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOT-JACKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 195,712, dated October 2, 1877; application filed J une 5, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES HULL, of Claremont Villa, Moseley, near Birmingham, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Boot-Jacks,which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a view inperspective of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, the broken lines representing the position assumed when the boot-jack is in use.

The object of this invention is to furnish an extremely inexpensive boot-jack, which is strong and durable, and which takes up very little space in a traveling-bag, trunk, or valise.

a is a flat piece of metal, preferably iron, constituting the tread portion of the bootjack. The piece a extends into continuous arms b, curved at b, so as to form an incline, the extreme outer portions of the arms b serving as a rest.

Into the peculiarly-shaped opening made by the arms b the heel y is placed, while the toe a: of the boot upon the other foot is placed upon the tread a. The pressure upon the part a holds the boot-jack in position, while the bent portion b draws 011' the boot.

The boot-jack is made of one piece of metal, and may be ornamented in any manner.

The flat portion a may be made open, if desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The metallic boot-jack consisting of the flat or tread portion a and the continuous arms b, curved as shown, to form an incline, the extreme outer portion of which serving as a rest for the device, all substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES HULL.

Witnesses:

FRAS. HY. Fisnnn, Tnos. CooKE, Clerks to Robert Harding Milward, Notary Pablic, 41 Waterloo St, Birmingham. 

